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The list includes 27-year-old Vivek Kopparthi, cofounder of NeoLight that has developed a phototherapy device that is portable for use at home for jaundice.

Defence Minster Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said that around 20 lakh pensioners have been paid the benefits of One Rank One Pension so far, and more than 99 per cent of cases will be settled by January-end.

Tapas Pal's daughter Sohini too appeared before the CBI for interrogation in Bhubaneswar for the second time

Taking strong exception to Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara's remarks that youngsters' "western ways" were reason behind the incident of mass molestation in Bengaluru on the New Year Eve, NCW chief Lalitha Kumaramangalam on Monday sought his resigna...

Goa Church will issue guidelines to Christians to help them decide "the right candidate" to vote for in the next year's Assembly elections. The Church, however, clarified that it will not canvass for any candidate or the party.

Government on Wednesday approved sale of surplus land of four pharmaceutical public sector undertakings to meet their outstanding liabilities, after which steps to close two units will be taken up.

Amid reports that he might contest assembly elections from Bundelkhand, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday accused BJP of making hollow promises for development of the region and said only Samajwadi Party can ensure progress in the area.

AMU students led by their union president Faizul Hasan held a demonstration here yesterday and threatened to intensify their stir if government did not fulfil their demand.

In order to beef up security at airports, all employees working at these facilities across the country will have to furnish their Aadhaar number to obtain the mandatory Airport Entry Passes (AEPs) used for entry and exit.

A day after ED detected huge cash deposits in an account belonging to BSP, BJP today took a dig at Mayawati saying now it is clear why she was protesting against the demonetisation move.

They searched and found cash Rs 36 lakh in the denomination of Rs 2,000 notes in the vehicle, police said adding five persons from here were taken into custody for interrogation.

Father Uzhunnalil, who hails from Kerala, was abducted in March by terror group Islamic State which attacked an old-age home run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in southern Yemeni city of Aden. At least 15 people at the old-age home were killed...

Nine women, including a minor girl, were injured, one of them seriously, in an acid attack between two group of villagers allegedly over possession of a panchayat land at village Bhui on Monday, police said.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 struck Uttarakhand on Monday with tremors felt in state capital Dehradun and its neighbouring Uttarkashi district, officials said. No major loss of life or property has been reported so far.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said demonetisation will help the government in increasing revenue and enable it to pump in more money in welfare schemes for the people.

India successfully test-fired for the fourth time nuclear-capable Agni V missile on Monday that can reach Beijing and much of Europe, bringing a step closer production of a weapon designed to strengthen its nuclear deterrent.